Selection Tools and Student Diversity in Health Professions Education: A Multi-Site Study

Autor/inn/en	Fikrat-Wevers, S.; Stegers-Jager, K. M.; Afonso, P. M.; Koster, A. S.; Van Gestel, R. A.; Groenier, M.; Ravesloot, J. H.; Wouters, A.; Van Den Broek, W. W.; Woltman, A. M.
Titel	Selection Tools and Student Diversity in Health Professions Education: A Multi-Site Study
Quelle	In: Advances in Health Sciences Education, 28 (2023) 4, S.1027-1052 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fikrat-Wevers, S.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1382-4996
DOI	10.1007/s10459-022-10204-9
Schlagwörter	Allied Health Occupations Education; Student Diversity; College Admission; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Admission Criteria; Gender Differences; Resumes (Personal); Grade Point Average; Scores; Prior Learning; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulzugang; Hochschulzulassung; Zulassung; Ausland; Admission; Admission procedures; Zulassungsbedingung; Zulassungsverfahren; Geschlechterkonflikt; Lebenslauf; Vorkenntnisse; Niederlande
Abstract	Student diversity in health professions education (HPE) can be affected by selection procedures. Little is known about how different selection tools impact student diversity across programs using different combinations of traditional and broadened selection criteria. The present multi-site study examined the chances in selection of subgroups of applicants to HPE undergraduate programs with distinctive selection procedures, and their performance on corresponding selection tools. Probability of selection of subgroups (based on gender, migration background, prior education, parental education) of applicants (N = 1935) to five selection procedures of corresponding Dutch HPE undergraduate programs was estimated using multilevel logistic regression. Multilevel linear regression was used to analyze performance on four tools: prior-education grade point average (pe-GPA), biomedical knowledge test, curriculum-sampling test, and curriculum vitae (CV). First-generation Western immigrants and applicants with a foreign education background were significantly less likely to be selected than applicants without a migration background and with pre-university education. These effects did not vary across programs. More variability in effects was found between different selection tools. Compared to women, men performed significantly poorer on CVs, while they had higher scores on biomedical knowledge tests. Applicants with a non-Western migration background scored lower on curriculum-sampling tests. First-generation Western immigrants had lower CV-scores. First-generation university applicants had significantly lower pe-GPAs. There was a variety in effects for applicants with different alternative forms of prior education. For curriculum-sampling tests and CVs, effects varied across programs. Our findings highlight the need for continuous evaluation, identifying best practices within existing tools, and applying alternative tools. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01